3 Notable alumni of Vancouver Island University
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
Vancouver Island University is ranked #2,351 in the world and #58 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 3 notable alumni from Vancouver Island University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Vancouver Island University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Paul Manly
1964-. (aged 62)
filmmaker
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communications consultant
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Paul Manly is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nanaimo—Ladysmith from 2019 until 2021. A member of the Green Party of Canada, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on May 6, 2019, making him the second elected Green federal MP in Canadian history, following party leader Elizabeth May's first...
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2. Shaye Anderson
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Shaye Quinn Anderson ECA is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Leduc-Beaumont. A New Democrat, Anderson defeated longtime MLA George Rogers in an election that saw the NDP win a majority government, the first government change the province had seen since 1971. On...
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3. Gwen O'Mahony
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Gwen O'Mahony is a Canadian politician, who represented Chilliwack-Hope in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from April 2012 until April 2013 as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, and is now a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
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